The Paley Festival [1] has officially wrapped up its two-week stand in Los Angeles, closing out its run with panels featuring the creators of The X-Files and the cast and creative team behind Mad Men [2]. While I'm sorry I couldn't be there for myself, at least there are video highlights to share!
David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson didn't attend Wednesday night's X-Files panel, but that doesn't mean there wasn't scoop to be had about the upcoming movie [3]. A new trailer premiered during the panel, but it's since been pulled down from YouTube (come on, Fox, please?). E! has interviews with producers Chris Carter and Frank Spotnitz [4]. The Futon Critic has a liveblog of the event [5], and The Hollywood Reporter has its own account [6]. A couple of tidbits:
- The movie doesn't have a title yet — or rather, Carter knows what he wants to call it, but whether that becomes the official title is still in Fox's hands.
- The producers just kind of figured out the show's mythology as they went along. The movie, meanwhile, will be more "monster of the week," less aliens.
- The issue of whether Scully's baby is normal "will not go unconsidered" in the movie.
For a video clip and some of the highlights from Mad Men, just .
Mad Men closed out the festival on Thursday, and The Futon Critic gamely produced yet another liveblog [7]. The Hollywood Reporter, meanwhile, wrote that the panelists seemed giddy about their success [8]. Even the show's creator seemed a bit taken aback by all the praise his series has received. Some highlights:
- Try as I might, I can't get used to seeing Jon Hamm anything less than completely clean-shaven. He proudly said (as you can see in the video below) that his show's not a guilty pleasure; it's just a pleasure, period.
- The biggest spoiler that show creator Matthew Weiner was willing to reveal about the second season: "It's still in the 60s." Heh.
- Weiner also talked a lot about how some of the magic in the show lies not in revealing things but in intentionally not revealing them — whether secrets or cleavage.
Here are videos from the panels:
The X-Files:
Mad Men:
Photos and videos courtesy of The Paley Center [9]